{"product_id":"man-who-made-vermeers-book-jonathan-lopez-9780151013418","title":"The Man Who Made Vermeers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE LAST VERMER, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eSTARING\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eGUY PEARCE: A revelatory biography of the world's most famous forger--a talented Mr. Ripley armed with a paintbrush--and a deliciously detailed story of deceit in the art world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's a story that made Dutch painter Han van Meegeren famous worldwide when it broke at the end of World War I: A lifetime of disappointment drove him to forge Vermeers, one of which he sold to Hermann Goering in mockery of the Nazis. And it's a story that's been believed ever since. Too bad it isn't true.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonathan Lopez has drawn on never-before-seen documents from dozens of archives for this long-overdue unvarnishing of Van Meegeren's legend. Neither unappreciated artist nor antifascist hero, Van Meegeren emerges as an ingenious, dyed-in-the-wool crook. Lopez explores a network of illicit commerce that operated across Europe: Not only was Van Meegeren a key player in that high-stakes game in the 1920s and '30s, landing fakes with famous collectors such as Andrew Mellon, but he and his associates later cashed in on the Nazi occupation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49590132211985,"sku":"GOR005565997","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49870306967825,"sku":"CIN0151013411G","price":5.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50233495945489,"sku":"CIN0151013411VG","price":6.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0151013411.jpg?v=1751422366","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/man-who-made-vermeers-book-jonathan-lopez-9780151013418","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}